Green Focus

Creating a More Sustainable Duke

Under the leadership of the Executive Vice President, Sustainable Duke is commissioned to reduce the environmental impact of Duke University, educate the campus...

The Changing Face of Climate Change

In September, President Obama issued an executive order to promote the use of behavioral science in combating climate change. Although interdisciplinary work ar...

Green Focus: Sustainable Seafood

Source: Nicholas School of the Environment On March 2, 2015, Paul Greenberg, New York Times best-selling author of American Catch and Four Fish, addressed t...

GreenFocus: Carpooling to Campus

  As a residential graduate student, I pretty much live in Environment Hall. But when I do have to commute between EH and my apartment in Durham, I’ve ...
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GreenFocus: GreenBuilding

If you’ve visited Duke’s Durham campus in the last two years, you’ve probably heard the buzz around Environmental Hall, the LEED platinum-striving new home ...

GreenFocus: GreenMoving

Allison Besch, DEL Staffer The DEL office is getting some new digs next month. This move, strangely, has caused me to personally question whether or not I a...

Green Catering

One of my favorite parts of my job here at DEL is planning events and meals for our students when they come to campus. It is important to us to “walk the walk” ...